An intense electrical fire swept through the artisan butcher shop late Wednesday, February 22. Now, a coterie of PDX foodies mobilizes to help them (and neighbor Pie Spot) recover.

Just a few months ago, Guy Fieri was shoving his chin strap into a Tails & Trotters porchetta sandwich gloopy with chimichurri. His cartoonish enthusiasm, aired this past December on the Season 25 finale of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, clearly whetted appetites on the Food Network. Since then, weekend lines at the once-under-the-radar Portland butcher start well before lunch service, and demand for T&T’s superior quality, hazelnut “finished” pork products has swelled across America.

Alas, that crave-worthy porchetta won't be available for a while.Late on Wednesday night, February 22, an electrical fire broke out at T&T’s shop on Northeast 24th Avenue—intense flames catching the ceiling insulation and the wooden chairs below. Within half an hour, the blaze exploded the shop’s front windows and spread to neighboring eatery Pie Spot. A burst water pipe, blessedly, helped douse the flames before firefighters arrived, but not before smoke contamination ruined T&T’s entire inventory—including all of its Prosciutto Pacifico: award-winning two-year-cured charcuterie that Fieri devoured like cotton candy.

Late on Wednesday night, Tails & Trotters owner Aaron Silverman and crew viewed the wreckage. From Facebook: "Currently an utter disaster with everything lost. Thankfully some of us are too crazy/stupid to know when to quit and we are not toast!!!"

By Friday morning, owner Aaron Silverman had updated T&T’s Facebook account with several emotional posts vowing to rebuild. They’ll have some help: T&T is nothing if not well-connected in this foodie town. This Saturday and next (February 25 and March 4), the superfans at Zilla Saké are donating all profits to help out the temporarily out-of-work crew. (Scroll down for their post.) And on Monday, February 27, T&T’s other next door neighbor, Nomad.PDX, is throwing an über-cheffy public fundraiser in its barely-open space, with 100 percent of the door going to support T&T and Pie Spot employees. (Other supporting events we should know about? Contact us and we’ll update this post.)

Says Nomad chef Ryan Fox: “T&T fed us through the whole build-out, and Pie Spot caffeinated us. They are the most welcoming neighbors, and we want to do whatever we can to help them get set up and open again.”